Monthly Archives: June 2010

Spent last night tinkering with the new grill and getting it all mounted, on the aft starboard rail. It was pretty easy to set up and looks great: I bought a canvas cover from the grill company since it was … Continue reading →

Spent some time with Charlene poking around the boat yesterday, working on various tasks. She emptied out 3 weeks worth of summer monsoon rainwater from the dinghy and gave it a good scrub while I mounted the new galley curtains, … Continue reading →

After a few weeks of traveling and being at home in the US, I finally made it back to Oia last night. The boat was just as I left it with nothing out of place, although the dinghy was full … Continue reading →

I’m flying to the US tonight for a couple weeks, so I won’t be doing any work on Oia. (However, I’ll get to pick up all kinds of neat stuff that’s been shipped home.) Last night I got the boat … Continue reading →

Once again I managed to get distracted from my original goal for tonight, which was to figure out my dead speaker, and instead ended up slapping the outboard on the dinghy and taking it for a spin. Whatever fuel was … Continue reading →

We are Charlene and Kris, a Singaporean and American couple living in SE Asia. Oia is our boat. She's a 40' sloop outfitted for cruising; she has lain in Singapore for a couple years and is now nearly ready for some real sailing. This blog is about the trials, tribulations, and adventures of learning more about Oia, living on a boat, and sailing in Southeast Asia!